{"id":63661,"date":"2015-07-09T07:04:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=63661"},"modified":"2015-07-12T21:52:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T03:52:02","slug":"las-cruces-city-council-to-consider-public-financing-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2015\/07\/las-cruces-city-council-to-consider-public-financing-of-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Cruces City Council to consider public financing of elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: After NMPolitics.net\u00a0published this article, we obtained the legislation Common Cause New Mexico is proposing and a PowerPoint presentation the organization will show councilors on Monday. Find those documents\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Las Cruces City Council will talk on Monday about whether to create a system for public financing of municipal elections.<\/p>\n

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If the council approves a public-financing system, it would likely be implemented for\u00a0the November 2017 election, not the municipal\u00a0election that will be held later this year, city officials told NMPolitics.net. (photo cc info<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Documents that detail\u00a0what the council will consider aren’t yet available from the City Clerk’s Office. But Mayor Pro Tem Gregory Z. Smith said a proposal that will be made at Monday’s work session by Common Cause New Mexico centers on the following discussion points:<\/p>\n